Authors : Asmaa H. Hammadi, Abbas J. Atiyah and Falah H. Hussein
Abstract: The adsorption of the Doxorubicin drug (DOX) which used as chemotherapy drug called an anthracycline to stop or slow the growth of cancer cell by Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes (O-CNTs) was studied. CNTs were synthesized by Flame Fragments Deposition (FFD) technique. Different concentrations of O-CNTs as a nanocarrier were added to 50 mL of DOX aqueous solution (10 ppm). Each mixture was stirred for ten minutes at 25°C at a pH = 4.8 for different periods of time. The O-CNTs/DOX mixture was isolated by centrifuging for 10 min at a rate of 6000 rpm. The concentrations of DOX in the supernatant liquid were recorded using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer by measuring the absorbance at 480 nm in order to find the ideal dose of CNTs for the drug’s optimum adsorption efficiency.
Asmaa H. Hammadi, Abbas J. Atiyah and Falah H. Hussein, 2018. Adsorption of Anticancer Antibiotic Doxorubicin on Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Flame Fragments Deposition Technique. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 10609-10613.